Pareho

similar / alikeadjective / adverb

Alternative meanings

similar
alike
same
resembling
of the same type or with similar characteristics

Pronunciation

pah-REH-hoh

Root and affixes

Loanword from Spanish parejo. In Cebuano it is used to express equality, similarity, or resemblance between people, things, ideas, or situations.

Variants or conjugations

pareho = similar / same / alike
pareha = common variant of pareho
parehas = common variant
susama = similar / alike / resembling
kapareha = same as / of the same type
mauraura = similar / more or less the same

Related words and expressions

sama = like / similar to
lahi = different
pariho = spelling or pronunciation variant in some uses
hitsura = appearance
klase = type / class
dagway = aspect / appearance

Meaning and usage notes

Use pareho when two things are the same, alike, or similar. If you want a more formal or comparative sense of resembling, susama also works well.